Florida avenges loss to Arkansas

9:07 PM,
Feb. 23, 2013

Written by

David Jones
FLORIDA TODAY

GAINESVILLE -- The University of Florida avenged its worst loss of the season by handing Arkansas one of its biggest defeats with a 71-54 win on Saturday night that, coupled with Alabama's 97-94 triple overtime loss to LSU, gave the Gators a two-game lead in the SEC title race with two weeks left in the regular season.

The fourth-ranked Gators (22-4 overall, 12-2 in the SEC) lost 80-69 on Feb. 5 in Fayetteville. Arkansas (17-10, 8-6) is a miserable 1-6 on the road in league contests. UF has to just split its remaining four regular season games to get at least a share of the SEC crown for the second time ...